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Company Description

From 1946, people of the House of Parfums Christian Dior in France and around the world embody the spirit of excellence, creativity, and the unique savoir-faire of its creator, the couturier-perfumer Christian Dior. Revolutionizing the codes of French elegance and luxury with its perfumes, combining tradition and daring innovation in makeup and skincare, we reinvent every day the Dior style and affirm beauty and joy in its entirety.

Parfums Christian Dior invites you today to join its North America teams.

Parfums Christian Dior is part of the LVMH Group.

Job Description

Parfums Christian Dior is seeking an experienced and strategic lawyer to join the Americas team as Legal Counsel. The Legal Counsel must be agile, self-sufficient and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with broad responsibilities primarily involving data privacy/protection and compliance matters.

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage and handle all aspects of data privacy and security matters for the company
• Provide day to day assistance across the company on privacy/data protection and data security issues, track legislation, manage operational compliance and remediation, and advise on the collection, retention and use of customer and employee data
• Manage privacy-related litigation and regulatory matters
• Support digital marketing/e-commerce and technology projects, including ad tech, brand analytics, third party match, search engine optimization, expansion of digital commerce, operations to new markets, and similar matters
• Negotiate (internally and externally) terms of contracts, partnering with business department and attorneys.
• Draft agreements, consulting with business partners and attorneys as required
• Implement, refine and scale company’s Americas compliance processes, including but not limited to vendor management, data privacy and ethics.
• Help solidify company-wide understanding of our Code of Conduct and anti-corruption policies.
• Assist with the development and presentation of compliance trainings.
• Maintain professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations to keep abreast of latest developments in applicable laws and regulations.
• Work with Headquarter, other LVMH Legal Departments, and external counsel as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

REPORTS TO:

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

Qualifications

• US law degree or equivalent, 1-3 years of experience in a law firm or in house is preferred

• Minimum 8 years of experience in a privacy-focused role, with deep understanding of the data protection laws, requirements and regulator expectations in the U.S., Canada and globally

• Outstanding writing and drafting skill

• Ability to self-start in a fast-paced environment

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, verbal and written communication skills

• Exercise sound, pragmatic judgment and think strategically

• Strong business acumen

• Ability to deliver complex legal advice in a business-friendly manner

• Ability to balance large volume of work through effective time management and prioritization

• Preferred but not mandatory:

  • Mix of law firm and in-house experience
  • In-house experience in a retail environment

• Must be eager and able to learn new areas of law and how they intersect with the business.

Additional Information

NOTE : This job description is intended to cover the core accountabilities of the position and is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

LVMH Inc. uses the published salary range as a guideline to provide our employees with market competitive pay while allowing for flexibility to recognize and reward various levels of expertise, performance and tenure.

While the published salary range is a good faith reflection of the targeted salary level for the position, LVMH Inc. reserves the right to pay outside of the published salary range of $195-250k.